Re: How's Your Association Going? (2K11)
End of 2011-2012 season with the Houston Rockets in my Association (10 min quarters):
We went 34-48 and missed the playoffs big time. I play a good majority of these games so I know that I have to make a ton of changes in the offseason because the team just isn't that good to play with or sim with.
MVP - Kevin Durant (OKC)
Rookie of the Year - Kemba Walker (Rockets. YES!!! He was awesome, averaged 14 points, 7 dimes, and 2 steals a game)
The Lakers (1) seed faced Boston (1) seed in the Finals and the Lakers beat the Celtics in 5 games. Kobe Bryant was the MVP of the finals (Kinda cool to see the Lakers and Celtics battling it out).
I know that I need new blood and I have two first round picks (6th and 17th) in the 2012 draft. Kemba Walker (the 2012 ROY) will be a bonafide star if I develop him right and spend training camp points on him. My starting tandem of Jamal Crawford and Shane Battier at SG and SF just didn't work this past season. Battier just can't create anything and Crawford is noticably losing quickness and playmaking ability. So I get rid of both in trades. After starting my mancrush Chase Budinger for the last half of the season, I clearly see that he is not a starting small forward instead a complimentary piece so I trade him too while he still has a ton of value. I also trade away Luis Scola. Basically, in return for all that and a little more, I get a 2013 first round pick, Dirk Nowitski (who's rated 81 and declining, but still good and only has two years left on that massive contract), and Roy Hibbert from Indiana (who's on the upswing and rated 80). Courtney Lee is SO ready to start it's ridiculous, he jumped from a 70 to a 75 and is 26. In the draft workouts, I fell in love with Tobias Harris (SF), Kyrie Irving (PG), Jordan Hamilton (SG), Michael Gilchrist (SF). According to the mock draft, I could possibly hope for Hamilton to drop to me at 6 and Harris was slotted in my 17th pick so I was set. Well the draft hits and Hamilton goes 3rd overall and Harris goes 4TH!!! I was pissed. He went 13 slots above his projected position in the mock draft so my draft was out of wack ALREADY. I need a small forward so I took Quincy Miller with the 6th pick and I need a good guard prospect so I took Klay Thompson with the 17th pick. BTW, Austin Rivers was the #1 pick.
Other notes: Chris Paul went to the Cavaliers which makes no sense hahaha. Especially when they already just signed Aaron Brooks the year before. Every other notable possible free agent (Derrick Rose, etc...) all signed long term deals with their teams or had their options picked up.
My basic lineup at the start of 2012 looks like this:
PG- Kemba Walker, PG - 72 rating
SG - Courtney Lee, SG - 75 rating
SF - Quincy Miller, SF - 78 rating
PF - Dirk Nowitski, PF - 81 rating
C - Roy Hibbert, C - 80 rating
Bench PG - Jason Kidd, PG (Signed to a 1 yr/ 3 million dollar deal in the offseason) - 69 rating
Bench SG - Klay Thompson, 73 rating
Bench SF - Richard Jefferson, 70 rating (got in one of my trades)
Bench PF - Jeremy Tyler, 64 rating (one of my projects from 2011 draft)
Bench C - Jonas Valaunicas (2nd round pick in 2012) - 68 rating
Thru 10 games I'm 7-3 and I even have a win over the champion Lakers. I LOVE this team so far. We can definitely finally make some noise this time. Kemba Walker is building on his ROY 2011 and is averaging 19 points and 8 assists. Courtney Lee is a MONSTER shooter and dunker and is averaging 27 points a game. Talk about breakout and good decision by me hahaha. Miller is showing way more promise than Budinger ever did, good 3pt shooter and dynamic enough to create his own shot, also good on the boards, MASSIVE steal. Dirk is a bit disappointing but I think I'm still figuring out his shot. He's had a couple 15/10 games. Hibbert is exactly what I want for the franchise, a shot blocker with a mid range shot. He's averaging 12 points and 8 rebounds and 2.5 blocks a game. He's very consistent. Bench guys: Kidd is a good backup at this point. Klay Thompson is a SHOOTER from all ranges. Not sure if he can start one day though. Jefferson is pretty decent and can get to the hole. This is the year I get to the playoffs.
End of 2011-2012 season with the Houston Rockets in my Association (10 min quarters):
We went 34-48 and missed the playoffs big time. I play a good majority of these games so I know that I have to make a ton of changes in the offseason because the team just isn't that good to play with or sim with.
MVP - Kevin Durant (OKC)
Rookie of the Year - Kemba Walker (Rockets. YES!!! He was awesome, averaged 14 points, 7 dimes, and 2 steals a game)
The Lakers (1) seed faced Boston (1) seed in the Finals and the Lakers beat the Celtics in 5 games. Kobe Bryant was the MVP of the finals (Kinda cool to see the Lakers and Celtics battling it out).
I know that I need new blood and I have two first round picks (6th and 17th) in the 2012 draft. Kemba Walker (the 2012 ROY) will be a bonafide star if I develop him right and spend training camp points on him. My starting tandem of Jamal Crawford and Shane Battier at SG and SF just didn't work this past season. Battier just can't create anything and Crawford is noticably losing quickness and playmaking ability. So I get rid of both in trades. After starting my mancrush Chase Budinger for the last half of the season, I clearly see that he is not a starting small forward instead a complimentary piece so I trade him too while he still has a ton of value. I also trade away Luis Scola. Basically, in return for all that and a little more, I get a 2013 first round pick, Dirk Nowitski (who's rated 81 and declining, but still good and only has two years left on that massive contract), and Roy Hibbert from Indiana (who's on the upswing and rated 80). Courtney Lee is SO ready to start it's ridiculous, he jumped from a 70 to a 75 and is 26. In the draft workouts, I fell in love with Tobias Harris (SF), Kyrie Irving (PG), Jordan Hamilton (SG), Michael Gilchrist (SF). According to the mock draft, I could possibly hope for Hamilton to drop to me at 6 and Harris was slotted in my 17th pick so I was set. Well the draft hits and Hamilton goes 3rd overall and Harris goes 4TH!!! I was pissed. He went 13 slots above his projected position in the mock draft so my draft was out of wack ALREADY. I need a small forward so I took Quincy Miller with the 6th pick and I need a good guard prospect so I took Klay Thompson with the 17th pick. BTW, Austin Rivers was the #1 pick.
Other notes: Chris Paul went to the Cavaliers which makes no sense hahaha. Especially when they already just signed Aaron Brooks the year before. Every other notable possible free agent (Derrick Rose, etc...) all signed long term deals with their teams or had their options picked up.
My basic lineup at the start of 2012 looks like this:
PG- Kemba Walker, PG - 72 rating
SG - Courtney Lee, SG - 75 rating
SF - Quincy Miller, SF - 78 rating
PF - Dirk Nowitski, PF - 81 rating
C - Roy Hibbert, C - 80 rating
Bench PG - Jason Kidd, PG (Signed to a 1 yr/ 3 million dollar deal in the offseason) - 69 rating
Bench SG - Klay Thompson, 73 rating
Bench SF - Richard Jefferson, 70 rating (got in one of my trades)
Bench PF - Jeremy Tyler, 64 rating (one of my projects from 2011 draft)
Bench C - Jonas Valaunicas (2nd round pick in 2012) - 68 rating
Thru 10 games I'm 7-3 and I even have a win over the champion Lakers. I LOVE this team so far. We can definitely finally make some noise this time. Kemba Walker is building on his ROY 2011 and is averaging 19 points and 8 assists. Courtney Lee is a MONSTER shooter and dunker and is averaging 27 points a game. Talk about breakout and good decision by me hahaha. Miller is showing way more promise than Budinger ever did, good 3pt shooter and dynamic enough to create his own shot, also good on the boards, MASSIVE steal. Dirk is a bit disappointing but I think I'm still figuring out his shot. He's had a couple 15/10 games. Hibbert is exactly what I want for the franchise, a shot blocker with a mid range shot. He's averaging 12 points and 8 rebounds and 2.5 blocks a game. He's very consistent. Bench guys: Kidd is a good backup at this point. Klay Thompson is a SHOOTER from all ranges. Not sure if he can start one day though. Jefferson is pretty decent and can get to the hole. This is the year I get to the playoffs.
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